Row of Ashes returned in maniacal fury with this ferocious and noisy fusion of hardcore and sludge metal. All the publications who wrote about this album agreed that it was one of 2022’s strongest underground highlights. The trio have been keeping very busy since its release, playing shows all over the UK and touring across mainland Europe, including a support slot with Will Haven.

ACCOLADES
“An album for bleak days, it’s a ball of rage waiting to explode.”
~ Echoes & Dust

“Row Of Ashes have their own almighty, unforgiving sound. And whilst the band revel in their ferocious, untamed sound, they never once sound sloppy or careless.”
~ Astral Noize

“Bleaching Heat is a work of apocalyptic fury – a record crushing, compelling and cathartic in more or less equal measure.”
~ Distorted Sound – 8/10

FROM THE PRESS KIT
Bleaching Heat is noisy sludge trio Row Of Ashes rawest and most immediate statement to date – the summation of two years of frustration bent into a pummeling barrage of angular riffs, bulldozing drums and pained screams.

Captured by Joe Garcia at Joe’s Garage in Bristol (which has also graced Idles, Wilderness Hymnal and Ogives Big Band), Bleaching Heat is all sweat, muscle, fire and fury, though not without nuance. A glistening undercurrent of violin on ‘The Wreck & The Mill’, eerie field recordings menacingly manipulated on ‘Machining Statues’, and a Moog synthesiser with all the bass frequencies turned up and distorted on ‘Contraband’. These subtleties become an underbelly to lift and flavour the trio’s aggressive and intense performances. With lyrics that rally varying levels of disappointment and frustration in the actions of others – Row Of Ashes’ layers of noise pinched distortion, jagged riffs and eruptions of encompassing bass speak their internal woes. From the angular heat of ‘Worcester Man’ through to the apocalyptic beatdown of ‘In Summation’, Bleaching Heat is an intense and timely ode to sparring with a world that has become increasingly chaotic.

Released May 6th 2022 on Cassette and Digital by Surviving Sounds.

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